The Fix Program Blog
We write about what we know:
Physiotherapy, Pilates exercise and Pregnancy Physio
The Fix Program’s Yoga ‘Sun Salutation’
Enjoy the warmth and glow after this modification of the famous yoga sequence In some of our $1, you may get a taste of the 'Salute to the Sun' or Sun Salutation. This is a common ritual and practice in all yoga styles and it has tremendous physical and mental benefits. To 'salute the sun', we are b...
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Do I have stress fractures?
Shin pain explained With the running season and warmer weather just around the corner, many of us may be slipping on our trainers to get out there and exercise. Be cautious! Have you suddenly increased our walking and running intensities to risk injury? A sudden increase in the levels of our exercis...
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The reported benefits of SRC pregnancy wear
Hear how mums love the SRC shorts The gentle compression offered with this range of shorts and leggings can reduce pregnancy pains in the back and pelvis, and assist with keeping abdominal muscles activating as they should to support your back posture. This is particularly essential as the pregnancy...
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15 minute Pilates workout for pregnancy
Make some floor space and enjoy this routine at home During pregnancy, it's important to keep your body strong, stable and flexible. As your body changes with the growth of your bundle of joy, surges of the $1 help the pelvic ligaments to stretch and make room for pregnancy and birth. This creates i...
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Men and World Continence Week
The male pelvic floor – yes guys, you have one too! **What is the male pelvic floor?** The pelvic floor muscles extend like a hammock from the tailbone at the back, to the pubic bone in front. A man's pelvic floor muscles support his bladder and bowel. The urine tube and the back passage all pass th...
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The hip flexor muscles: where they are and why they grip
The hip flexor muscles sit deep at the very front of your hip, out of sight and often out of mind. Here is where they are, what they do, and why they grip. Visual pictures can really help with locating the tricky and deep tissues in our body that we cannot see. This is especially so for our recent w...
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Lorimer’s Pain Quiz
Do you really know how pain works in your body? So we have all been in pain from time to time or perhaps more frequently than we'd like. Does this make us an expert on pain? Lorimer Mosely has a post-doctorate in pain and was also a physio in days gone by. He has adapted a pain quiz to test us on ou...
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Women and World Continence Week
Bladder leakage, no matter how light, is not normal Although embarrassing, bladder and bowel troubles are common, affecting 1 in 4 people in Australia. Although common, it is not normal to be suffering from these troubles. Pregnancy, the post natal period and menopause are the times we women may exp...
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